Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-05

amount Ot Dram Vitality anu HIS uniuu
works like q steam engine moved by per-
petual motion. lie seems to never lack
for "a new idea, and he has q vocabulary
equal to Worcester and Webster boiled
down and filtered through Carlyle's ''Sar-
tor Resartus.
His private conversation is as full OF
meat as his St material speeches. aud when
he talks every sentence makes you think,
and every word weighs a pound. He Is
man Of broad reading, and he draws his
illustrations from the antediluvian periods
of geology in one sentence and in the next
takes metaphor from the classics Of the
English novelist. lie seems Ia have the
knowledge Of the Congressional library at
his command, and in his brightest
speeches he makes remarks which show
you that he lives in close sympathy with
the world and that he understands the
thoughts of the man who in drivinga
bob tail car ~ well ~ of him who meas-
ures the distance from star 10 star or
prates about the ethics Of the Buddhists.
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The London papers call him narrow
minded, but he is one Of the broadcast
mi ded statesmen ! know OF, and he il,
taken altogether, one Of the queerest CON-
binations ever bound up within human
skin lie il a gentleman as regards his
dress and manners. lie does not believe
in that phase of political demagogry
which prohibits the statesman from wear
ing dress coat, which makes him 20 about
Washington like sl0yen, and which
leads him TO look at all appropriations
a. Lao nd .Ii
ingalls, il one of the hest dressed men in
Washington. His clothes III him like
glove, and his linen looks ~ though he
owned Chinese laundry. lie Is tall, thin
and tightly made. lie stands N straight
~ a Lake Superior oak and line dropped
from his well combed iron gray head would
touch the heels of his polished boots He
wears black diagonal coat, which Ia
always tightly buttoned around his long,
thin frame, and out Of the breast pocket Of
which invariably peeps o silk handkerchief
of the brightest colors. He wears gold
spectales and gold Eyeglasses, aud there In
pair of gold glasses usually hanging upon
his chest or making yellow circle in froEs
of him ~ Ingalls, Deryously whirls them
about while he listens 10 the speeches of
his brother Senators. Senator Ingalls, Ii, I
should say, six feet tall, and he never
maintains anything else than nh erect posi-
tion. Even sitting he has his shoulders
well thrown back and his chest out, and
he never doubles himself up like bow. m
does Senator Evarts, nor sits upon his spine,
a. Senator Edmunds. lie has a curious
head. II is long aud thin, and always
makes me think Of the pOr-
trait of John Randolph. of Roanoke,
which hangs in the Corcoran gal
lery. The contours Of the heads Of Ran
dolph and Ingalls, art the same, and the
men are alike in many points Of character.
Ingalls, is, however, broader man than
was Randolph, and he IL free from that
phase OF insanity which entered 10 largely
into Randolph's actions. Senat0r Ingalls,
has high forehead which rather recedes
to the point where his thick iron gray hair
begins. His sharp. black eyes look out
from under narrow brows His cheek
bones are high and the lines which mark
them are very plaiL. His complexion Is
rather sallow, aud he wears little iron
gray mnstache and goatee below his straight
thin nOse. He speaks in n clear, articn-
late VOICE, which Is uDged with the nasal
twang betraying his Yankee origin lie
never rants during his speeches and he
never lnse- his head. lie does not talk 10
the gallery and still the galleries always
listen when he speaks. He n the most
sarcastic Of the United States Senators, and
there il no Senator who Is more feared up
on the floor. ingalls, knows the weak
points OF every one Of his brothers, and hs
brother Senators know that be- will not
shrink from exposing then il the occAsion
demands H.
He dictates rapidly, and keeps n couple
OF stenographes busy. In the evenings he
works at his house, Just opposite the Cap
itOl. He has little den here in the SEC
ond story which he uses m his Senatorial
workshop. u II sparsely furnished and
plain in its appointments. A revolving
book case, n desk and q chair or two make
up its furniture, and Ingalls, evidently
prefers this 10 the parlor Of Washington
society. There ~ an Indian szlp-lock
pinned mp against the wall In such psi.
ton that Ingalls, can see il N he writes,
and doubt not he gets much inspiration
from this when he plans the correction Of
his fellow Senator'S He probably looked
ut this when he thought over the castigs-
ton he intended u give Joe Brown, and Il
il said that he tells with evident gusto the
method OF Indian scalping lie describes
how the Indian grabs the lock OF hair oa
the crown Of the bead, how he grasps II
firmly and twists II about his knuckles,
how he whirls his scalping knife about
circle Of the dying man. crown an large ~
n trade dollar, and how, bracing his feet
AGAINST the shoulders Of the dying man,
he jerks IL away with smack like that
made by piece Of wet leather pulled by
q string from fat stone.
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Senator Ingalls, Is at his best when in .
quarrel. lie delights in the Aggressive,
and he fights his battles TO the death. His
.dennnciation of Grover Cleveland and the
present administration must have been .
pleasure 10 him. and the night after he
carved up Gen. Black he felt ~ happy ass
king. His whole life hes been one Of fight
ing, and he has TO make bis way through
tremendous obstacles.
He was born in Massachusetts, and be
comes from one Of the old Massachusetts
families. One Of his ancestors founded
Lynn, and the family came 10 this country
in the first vessel which followed ths nay-
flower. Senator ingalls, father was living
at Middlet0vp, Msa, when Ipgzlh w.
born. and found the other day picture
of the old Ingalls, homestead there. IL ss
large two story frame house. with many
rooms and generous gHrden. Senator